Parliamentarians

The Parliamentarians, also known as the Roundheads for their close-cropped hair, were the forces loyal to the parliament of England during the English Civil War from 1642 to 1652. The Parliamentarians dominated the south and east, as well as the urban centers, and they sought to decentralize the government and have more of a say in the government. The Parliamentarian cause was led by Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell during its early years, and it would win the civil wars due to the "New Model Army" reforms. In 1660, the Cavaliers ("royalists") of Charles II of England would return to England and overthrow Parliament,